UK healthcare software provider EMIS Group Plc will be acquired by a group led by health services firm Optum UK for about 1.24 billion pounds ($1.51 billion), the companies said on Friday. June 17 ...

Exclusive The largest supplier of GP IT systems in England has challenged a coroner’s report that warned a feature of its software posed a potential patient safety risk. Optum (formerly EMIS) received ...

EMIS, which supplies software to doctors' surgeries and pharmacies, has reported a slight drop in market share but revenues and profits are growing strongly. By the end of the first half of 2012 52.2% ...